Bourbon County has a new positive COVID-19 case today, according to Rebecca Johnson, Bourbon County Health Officer.
The individual is in isolation and has been in quarantine prior to testing positive.
This case is a contact of previously listed positive cases.
Their family is in quarantine.
The case investigation is complete.
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Agenda
Bourbon County Commission Room
1st Floor, County Courthouse
210 S. National Avenue
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Tuesdays starting at 9:00
Date: July 7, 2020
1st District-Lynne Oharah Minutes: Approved: _______________
2nd District-Jeff Fischer Corrected: _______________
3rd District-Nick Ruhl Adjourned at: _______________
County Clerk-Kendell Mason
MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE COMMISSION ROOM. ANYONE ATTENDING THE MEETING WILL BE REQUIRED TO WEAR A MASK PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY. MUST MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING.
9:00 – 9:10 Justin Meeks, Executive Session, Matters relating to the security of a public body or agency, public building or facility or the information system of a public body or agency, if the discussion of such matters at an open meeting would jeopardize the security of such public body, agency, building, facility or information system
9:10 – 9:45 JT Heckman
9:45 – 10:00 Cops Grant
10:00 – 10:15 Jody Hoener, CDBG-CV Grants
10:15 – 10:30 David Neville, Second Floor Air Conditioner
10:30 – 10:45 Sparky Schroeder, Hospital
10:45 – 11:00 Clint Anderson, 2021 Budget Review
11:00 – 11:15 Patty Love, 2021 Budget Review
11:15 – 11:30 Justin Meeks, Executive Session, Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship
AGENDA
FORT SCOTT CITY COMMISSION
FORT SCOTT CITY HALL
COMMISSION ROOM
123 SOUTH MAIN
JULY 7, 2020
6:00 P.M.
I. ROLL CALL:
K. ALLEN P. ALLEN NICHOLS WATTS MITCHELL
II. FLAG SALUTE:
III. INVOCATION: Pastor
IV. PROCLAMATIONS/RECOGNITIONS: Recognition of Payden Blythe, Police Officer
Introduction of Nate Stansberry, City Engineer
V. CONSENT AGENDA:
Approval of minutes of the regular meeting of June 16th, 2020, special meeting of June 24th, 2020 and June 30th, 2020.
Approval of Appropriation Ordinance 1266-A totaling $804,125.90.
Skitch’s Hauling & Excavation, Inc. – March port-a-pottie fees – $2,153.00; April $1,911.00; and May $2,153.00 – Totaling $6,217.00.
Request to Pay – Insco Industries – $67,937.35 – Clarifier Painting Project – Water Plant
Request to Pay – Southeast Kansas Regional Planning Commission – $4,000.00 – Fire Truck Grant
May financials
VI. APPEARANCE/COMMENTS/PUBLIC HEARING:
APPEARANCE: Vanessa Poyner – Junior/Senior Prom – Saturday, July 25th, 2020 – Request for Street Closures: West Oak Street from Judson to National for Walk-In event. Request for parking lot behind Brewhaus Brewery for valet parking. Time requested: 2:00 p.m. to midnight – Waivers will be signed for all attendees and social distancing will be enforced.
Frank Halsey – Marmaton Massacre Event
Terry Sercer – 2019 Audit
B. CITIZEN COMMENTS: (Concerning Items Not on Agenda – 5 minute limit per citizen)
PUBLIC HEARINGS/COMMENTS:
VII. CONSIDERATION:
Consideration of Change Order #10 – River Intake Project – Increase of $24,950.00
Consideration to remove some of the tree line near Hole #13 at Woodland Hills Golf Course
Consideration to purchase Cushman Utility Cart for Golf Course and sign a four year lease for 30 gas 2020 golf carts from KGT
VIII. COMMENTS:
Kevin Allen – Executive Session regarding non-elected personnel
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
I MOVE THAT THE CITY COMMISSION RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE
SESSION FOR ________________________________ IN ORDER TO
(see below justification)
DISCUSS ______________________________________. THE
EXECUTIVE SESSION WILL BE ___________ MINUTES AND THE OPEN
MEETING TO RESUME AT ________________.
Justifications for Executive Sessions:
Personnel matters of non-elected personnel
Consultation with an attorney for the body or agency which would be deemed privileged in the attorney-client relationship
Matters relating to employer-employee negotiations whether or not in consultation with the representative or representatives of the body or agency
Confidential data relating to financial affairs or trade secrets of corporations, partnerships, trusts and individual proprietorships
Preliminary discussions relating to the acquisition of real property
X. MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT: ROLL CALL
SEK Multi-County Health Departments
Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, and Woodson Counties
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
July 6, 2020
Allen County
| Current Positive Cases | 3 |
| Current Recovered Cases | 2 |
| Total Positives Since Testing | 5-1 removed-out of state and to remain there |
| Deaths | 0 |
Anderson County
| Current Positive Cases | 2 |
| Current Recovered Cases | 3 |
| Total Positives Since Testing | 5 |
| Deaths | 0 |
Bourbon County
| Current Positive Cases | 22 |
| Presumptive Cases | 1-listed on KDHE website, tested negative |
| Current Recovered Cases | 14-includes presumptive case |
| Total Positives Since Testing | 36 |
| Deaths | 1 |
Woodson County
| Current Positive Cases | 1 |
| Current Recovered Cases | 11 |
| Total Positives Since Testing | 12 |
| Deaths | 0 |
Recovered cases are based on dates of onset of symptoms, not on day testing results are received.
This is part of a series of features on the candidates running for offices in Bourbon County. The Bourbon County Primary Election will be held, Tuesday, August 4, 2020.
Monday, July 20, is the candidate forum at Ellis Fine Arts Center, on the campus of Fort Scott Community College, 2108 S. Horton. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for a meet and greet with candidates. The forum starts at 6 p.m. in the order of federal, state, then local candidates.
Derick Burke, 37, is running for the Sheriff of Bourbon County, Kansas position.
He is an Oak Grove, MO High School graduate and also graduated from the Carpenters Union Apprenticeship program and the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center.
His experience includes ten years in the Carpenters Union and six years in law enforcement.
What skills do you bring to the position if elected or re-elected?
“I have knowledge of law enforcement, records management, how property and evidence should be handled, and what it takes to have a successful department. In the past ,I have been successful with budgets by managing time and manpower, ordering materials, and setting the schedule. I was efficient, effective, on time, never over budget, and never had to ask for more money to finish the task I was given.”
What is your priority on day one?
“My very first priority is personnel retention. I believe it is imperative I sit down with each of the deputies to see what they think of the department, find out if there are any improvements they believe need to be made, and to see what they expect from me as their sheriff. I would also take this time to let them know what I expect from them. I think the department will improve exponentially if everyone has an open line of communication.”
The following is information provided on the Bourbon County Kansas website.
Not sure if you’re registered to vote or where to vote?
You may register to vote online, through the Kansas Secretary of State’s website.
Check your voter registration status, the location of your polling place and view a sample ballot at VoterView by the Secretary of State.
Advance Voting is available prior to each election. You may advance vote in one of two ways: By mail, by filing an application for a ballot to be mailed to you OR in-person, beginning at least one week prior to any election.
Kudos to Post 25’s own Myra Jowers as the incoming Second District Commander for the 2020 – 21 Legion year. Commander Jowers will be guiding 24 Second District Posts for the next year.
In addition to Myra assuming the helm of Second District leadership, Post 25 Commander Carl Jowers was elected as Second District Adjutant/Finance Officer and Post 25 Adjutant Leslie Montee was elected as Second District 3rd Year Executive Committeewoman. This is the first time in years that Post 25 has several members in District leadership positions.
Post 25 Officers for 2020 – 21
| First Name | Last Name | Title |
| Carl | Jowers | Commander |
| Leslie | Montee | Adjutant |
| James | Collins | Chaplain |
| Dean | Stephen | Executive Committee |
| Marvin | Taylor | Executive Committee |
| Michael | Hansen | Executive Committee |
| Darrell | Spencer | Finance Officer |
| Kenneth | Lyon | Historian |
| Myra | Jowers | Service Officer |
| Jake | Campbell | Sgt at Arms |
| Sylvia | Norris | Auxiliary President |
| Michael | Johnson | SAL Commander |
| Jessica | Allison | ALR Director |
Membership
Post 25 finished the recent Legion year with 100 members and as the Second District’s number one Post in membership. Our 2021 membership goal has not yet been announced.
The 2021 membership cards have arrived. Any member desiring to pay their 2021 dues can pay them at our meeting on Monday or go online to www.legion.org and follow the prompts to renew. Dues are still $40 per year.
Renewal notices will also be mailed out in July to both current members and members whose membership has expired.
Upcoming Events
July 6. American Legion Post 25 general membership meeting at 7 pm in Memorial Hall. Our regular Post meet and greet starts at 6:30 pm.
July 9. American Legion Auxiliary Unit 25 meets at 600 pm in Memorial Hall.
July 9. American Legion Post 25 Color Guard meets at 730 pm in Memorial Hall. All Post 25 Legion family members can join the Post 25 Color Guard. This includes Auxiliary and Sons of the American Legion Squadron members.
May 15 -17. Department Convention at the Ramada Hotel. The Department Convention is open to all Legionnaires.
Don’t hesitate to contact me or any Officer with any suggestions to improve Fort Scott American Legion Post 25.
Carl Jowers. Post 25 Commander.
620-215-1688
“Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.”
John 12:4-6
When I was a kid, I used to wear a mask. It was a Superman mask. Superman was my favorite hero. When I was seven, I read so many Superman comic books that I really thought I was Superman.
I made a Superman suit. I had a Superman t-shirt, a red bath towel for a cape, and a pair of red Underoos that I wore outside my pants. I completed my costume with a plastic Superman mask from an old Halloween costume. The mask had jet black wavy hair with a j-curl that went down in the middle of the forehead. Without the mask, I was just James. I was a mild-mannered, nerdy little kid. But when I put on my Superman mask, I thought I was the Man of Steel.
One morning, I was sitting in the kitchen eating Fruity Pebbles out of a plastic butter bowl. I was wearing my Superman outfit. I lifted the mask to get a bite of cereal and put it back down to chew. In my mind, Superman was having breakfast.
While I was eating, I was also reading a Superman comic book. I don’t know if it was the comic book, the sugary Fruity Pebbles, or a combination of both, but I got all excited and believed that I was Superman. I took off running through the house. I was faster than a speeding vacuum cleaner. More powerful than the dog. Able to leap coffee tables in a single bound. Look! Up on the kitchen counter. It’s a toaster. It’s a microwave. No. It’s a kid in a mask who thinks he is Superman!
I went running through the house. As I jumped over the table in the living room, I knocked off a lamp. It fell off the table and shattered to pieces.
Momma had told me a hundred times not to run in the house. So, the consequence was a spanking. Momma was about to spank me when I said, “Wait.” I took off my Superman mask, bent over, and said, “Okay, now.” I needed to take off the mask because Superman never got a whipping. You must think like a seven-year-old kid to understand this, but when I put on that mask, I was Superman.
Sadly, many grown intelligent adults do the same thing. They wear a mask. The Bible tells us about a man named Judas. He was one of the disciples of Jesus. But he wore a mask. His mask concealed the truth. His mask hid his true identity.
The point is: It is better to live naked in truth than clothed in fantasy.
What sort of mask of untruth are you wearing?
What are you hiding behind your mask?
James Collins is the pastor of First Southern Baptist Church. Follow him on Twitter @collins_point, Facebook James Collins “The Point Is,” or at the website thepointis.net.
On July 3, Bourbon County had two new positive COVID-19 cases today, Rebecca Johnson, Bourbon County Health Officer said.
One individual is symptomatic and the other is not.
One individual is a contact of a previously listed case and the other is not.
The investigations are complete.
Please use good judgment and protect yourself and those you’re in contact with.
